Review: ‘A Strange Loop’ at Raven Theatre is very off-Loop, and breathtakingly good
Michael R. Jackson's musical won the Pulitzer and Tony Awards, but it's just now being...
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‘Now there’s a girls’ club’: Funny is Female fest draws 50 comedians to Oak Park
More than 50 comics from around the country will be performing at the Funny is...
Review: ‘Any Rebellion of Will’ is an absurdist breath of fresh air at Trap Door Theatre
This world premiere, penned by S.L. Daniels and accurately billed as a dark, absurdist comedy...
In the Year of Chicago Dance, the city marks 30 years of Dancing for Life
In 1992, a group of Chicago dancers put on a concert to raise money for...
Heaven and hell at the 2022 Stratford Festival of Canada, with ‘Chicago,’ ‘Richard III’ and ‘Hamlet’
As heavenly as the return to strength of Canada's Stratford Festival feels, hell is very...
Review: ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ musical opens in Chicago, not yet ready for its runway spotlight
The reason Lauren Weisberger's satirical memoir "The Devil Wears Prada" became famous was not just...
Myrna Salazar, a bright cultural force and co-founder of the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, dies at 75
In the summer of 2020, when the performing arts in Chicago were all but shut...
Column: Chicago theater has a crisis of leadership — and it has to stop eating its own
On Monday, Chicago's theater and journalism communities were set to gather in celebration of the...
Review: Here’s ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ at the Mercury Theater Chicago. But where’s the band, mates?
There's too much talent on the stage of the Mercury Theater in Chicago to make...
Review: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at the Cadillac Palace belongs on Broadway. It’s been a decade.
I often see productions more than once. But I've never encountered such varying circumstances as...
Susan Booth returns to Goodman Theatre as its new artistic director: ‘This is a time of seismic change’
Chicago's Goodman Theatre announced Monday that Susan V. Booth, a former Goodman literary manager and...
Review: ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ at Northlight Theatre is a touching, personal piece that celebrates human connection
In a time when one can swipe through countless photos of potential romantic partners online,...
Review: ‘The Kite Runner’ on Broadway fails to soar on the winds of truth
"A land mine," observes a sardonic character in "The Kite Runner," now landed on Broadway...